The Monster Professor returns again! Josh Woods, author, professor, and monster expert, and I talk monster archetypes which leads us from vampires and werewolves to the Borg to the ancient heart of chaos itself. We also delve into Typhon, the god and father of monsters in Greek mythology, and the golem. This is a wide-ranging […]
Tristian Zimmerman returns to the podcast to discuss the rose-realm of the king of giants and dwarves, supernatural lion men assassins, and the eternal war between elephants and dragons. We take a look at these topics and examine ways you can work them into your RPG campaigns. If you are running an RPG campaign this
Game designer Ty Rucker and I continue our post-apocalyptic movie geek out. We finally reach the 21st century and discuss movies from the 2000s to almost the present day. We discuss some lesser-known films of the genre as well as heavy hitters like Mad Max: Fury Road, The Book of Eli, and more. Post-Apocalyptic Movies
RPG YouTuber Anto Cerrato is today’s guest on the Dicegeeks podcast. Anto shares his expertise running D&D campaigns and sessions. We also talk about world-building and how to prep for RPG sessions. And if that wasn’t enough, Anto creates DM advice videos and RPG products. If you want to be a better dungeon master, you
DMs Guild creator and game designer Matthew Whitby pops in on the podcast. In addition to being a creator on the DMs Guild, Matthew is also working towards a Ph.D. in game design. Matthew enlightens us all to the “door problem” in D&D and other TTRPGs. We dive into game design and cross into some
RPG designer Kevin Kulp joins me on the podcast today. We discuss gamemaster advice and the best tips Kevin has to offer on running RPGs. Kevin and I talk about his RPG Timewatch and he gives a tremendous overview of Swords of the Serpentine. Plus I derail the podcast by asking Kevin how he is
In 1987, I was playing a lot of Car Wars. I was also dreaming of writing role-playing games. I found an address in the back of one of the books and sent off a letter. A few weeks later, I received a packet. I was 13 years old. Recently cleaning out boxes from my childhood,
Game designer Randy Angle drops in on the podcast. We discuss video game design and RPG game design. Randy’s long career in game design provides ample stories and great information about RPGs, gamemastering, and more. Randy also shares how his Star Trek video game influenced the TV show. Randy Angle Games and Links Visit Randy’s
Podcast host, writer Glenn McDorman joins me on the podcast today. We discuss how speculative fiction makes us better RPG gamemasters and people. Plus, we talk about his many podcasts: The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast, Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Podcast, Lower Decks: A Star Trek Podcast, Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil
Raised on D&D podcast host, Nick Cardarelli joins me for a discussion of playing D&D with your kids. We talk about gamemaster advice when running RPGs with kids. We talk about why gaming with your kids can be very important for creating memories and connections. Nick offers his advice for handling violence when playing with
Tristan Zimmerman returns to the podcast to discuss how to use real history in your tabletop role-playing game campaigns. We talk about The Year Without a Summer when a volcano changed the climate of nearly the entire world. We tackle castles and seek to make them fun again. Then we discuss gaming in Peter Pan’s
Starfinder developer Jason Tondro drops in on the podcast today. The discussion ranges from gamemaster advice to poor heroes and rich heroes in tabletop role-playing games and movies. We also talk about the Starfinder Adventure Path Fly Free or Die and how working-class heroes tackle space adventures. Jason Tondro Links Learn more about Jason Tondro
Ty Rucker from Crypt Monkey Games returns as we explore the wasteland once again. Our post-apocalyptic movie geek out continues from 1987. We cover obscure movies and popular ones, but all of them deal with the end of the world. The Blood of Heroes created a sport called Jugger. Escape from L.A. gave us Kurt
Keith R. A. DeCandido is the author of more than 50 novels. He has written for series like Star Trek, Stargate, Farscape, Andromeda, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more. Keith joins me on the podcast today to discuss writing, storytelling, our favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, and more. Also, we touch on his
The host of the Making a Monster podcast Lucas Zellers joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his monster’s first approach to running tabletop role-playing games. We learn how Lucas began playing D&D and we get into his ideas for running one-shot adventures. We delve into monsters and why as humans we are fascinated
